samba - Mar 1999 - SAMBA digest 2009: NT Workstation "Default" Username and

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Sigmund Skjelnes wrote:
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> At 11:55 07.03.99 +1100, you wrote:
> >
> > Presently I get a dialog box saying "Incorrect password or
unknown
> > username" ... if I enter the same username and password again it
> > works.
The password prompt comes up as a warning that a plaintext password is
about to be sent.

The solution is to enable encryption in Samba. You will need to create
an smbpasswd file and set "encrypted passwords = yes". See
docs/textdocs/ENCRYPTION.txt.

    Matt


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Matt Chapman
m.chapman@student.unsw.edu.au